AS03
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AS03 (for "Adjuvant System 03") is the trade name for a squalene-based immunologic adjuvant used in various vaccine products by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). It is used, for example, in GSK's A/H1N1 pandemic flu vaccine Pandemrix.
A dose of AS03 adjuvant contains[1]
- 10.69 mg squalene
- 11.86 mg DL-α-tocopherol
- 4.86 mg polysorbate 80
AS03 is cited as the "likely cause" of dozens of acute narcolepsy cases in Finland. (http://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/AL+Narkolepsiaa+aiheuttaneen+rokotteen+olisi+voinut+korvata/a1305551262351)
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[edit] See also
- 2009 flu pandemic
- MF59 – another squalene-based adjuvant by Novartis
- AS04 – another adjuvant by GSK
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